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DOCTORS Data Dictionary

Licensed Provider Registry

Last Revised: November, 2017

Health Data Nova Scotia DOCTORS Data Dictionary Revised: November, 2017

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Contents

Summary of the DOCTORS datasets ............................................................................................................ 3

Dataset Details ............................................................................................................................................. 4

Definitions .................................................................................................................................................... 5

Variables in the DOCS Datasets ................................................................................................................... 6

Place of Birth ............................................................................................................................................. 6

Provider City ............................................................................................................................................ 10

Provider County ...................................................................................................................................... 11

Date of Birth ............................................................................................................................................ 12

Provider ID .............................................................................................................................................. 13

Provider Province .................................................................................................................................... 14

Provider Type .......................................................................................................................................... 15

Old Provider Number .............................................................................................................................. 16

Medical Board License Number .............................................................................................................. 17

Prescriber Indicator ................................................................................................................................. 18

Sex ........................................................................................................................................................... 19

Provider Specialties ................................................................................................................................. 20

Variables in the EDUC Dataset ................................................................................................................... 22

Provider ID .............................................................................................................................................. 22

Specialty Received .................................................................................................................................. 23

Graduation Year ...................................................................................................................................... 25

School Location ....................................................................................................................................... 26

Medical School ........................................................................................................................................ 28

Variables in the OPTIN Dataset ................................................................................................................. 32

Provider ID .............................................................................................................................................. 32

Provider Type .......................................................................................................................................... 33

Opt-In Date ............................................................................................................................................. 34

Opt-Out Date .......................................................................................................................................... 35

Program Code ......................................................................................................................................... 36

Discontinued Variables .............................................................................................................................. 37

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Community Size ...................................................................................................................................... 37

Unique ID ................................................................................................................................................ 37

Provider ID .............................................................................................................................................. 38

Medical Board Number ........................................................................................................................... 38







Summary of the DOCTORS datasets

Purpose: Demographic information regarding health services providers

Data Years: DOCS: Fiscal 1995 – 2014 (April 1 to March 31)

EDUC: Fiscal 1995 – 2014 (April 1 to March 31)

OPTIN: Fiscal 1995 – 2014 (April 1 to March 31)

Source Agency: Medavie Blue Cross

Database Contact: Jordan Farrell – 902.494.3688 – [email protected]

Type: Cumulative administrative records

ICD Coding: N/A

Target Population: Physicians that are registered and licensed to practice in Nova Scotia

Security & Access: Apply for access

Legality: Custodian: Department of Health and Wellness

Use of data for research purposes must be PHIA and PIPEDA Compliant

Variable Summary:

DOCS: Date of birth, place of birth, sex, provider type EDUC: Education, graduation year, name of school, specialty received OPTIN: Eligibility start & end dates, the period during which the physician was licensed

to practice in Nova Scotia

More Information:

The first DOCS dataset is created with data from the year 1995. However since the data are

cumulative, opt in/out and graduation year records are available from 1989 onward.

There are no variable labels in the OPTIN dataset.



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Dataset Details

The datasets are named such that nn represents the last two digits of the fiscal year the dataset records.

E.g. DOCS14 contains physician demographic information up to and including fiscal 2014.

DOCSnn The DOCS datasets contain information about physician demographics. Each observation in

DOCS data represents a single physician. Physicians are not removed when are no longer

eligible to practice. A unique individual is identified by encrypted provider ID (doctor). These are

cumulative files, every fiscal year we release a new dataset which includes the previous years

of data as well as any new or updated records.

EDUCnn The EDUC datasets contains information about a physician's medical education. Physicians

who graduate from more than one program will have multiple records in the dataset with

different graduation years (gradyear), specialties received (dspecial), and medical school

attended (medschool). These are cumulative files, every fiscal year we release a new dataset

which includes the previous years of data as well as any new or updated records.

OPTINnn

The OPTIN datasets contains information about the start and end dates of physician eligibility to

practice in Nova Scotia. Physicians who have had multiple periods of eligibility to practice in

Nova Scotia will have multiple records in the datasets recording the start date (optin) and end

date (optout) for the duration of each period. These are cumulative files, every fiscal year we

release a new dataset which includes the previous years of data as well as any new or updated

records.







Definitions

SAS Date Format:

Variables representing dates are stored in the SAS date format. This format is a value that represents the number of days between January 1, 1960, and the specified date. Dates before January 1, 1960, are negative numbers; dates after are positive numbers. SAS dates account for all leap year days, and can reliably tell you what day of the week a particular day was going back to Sept. 1752. SAS dates can be formatted by HDNS to appear as human-readable dates for research projects.







Variables in the DOCS Datasets

Place of Birth

Variable Name bplace

Label Place of Birth

Definition The provider's place of birth

Data Type NUM

Data Element Length 3

Field Values (Label) 11 (AMHERST) 12 (ANNAPOLIS MUNICIPALITY) 13 (ANNAPOLIS ROYAL) 14 (ANTIGONISH MUNICIPALITY) 15 (ANTIGONISH TOWN) 18 (BERWICK) 20 (BRIDGEWATER) 22 (CAPE BRETON) 23 (CHESTER) 26 (COLCHESTER) 27 (CUMBERLAND) 28 (DARTMOUTH) 29 (DIGBY MUNICIPALITY) 30 (DIGBY TOWN) 31 (DOMINION) 32 (GLACE BAY) 33 (GUYSBOROUGH) 34 (HALIFAX CITY) 35 (HALIFAX MUNICIPALITY) 41 (KENTVILLE) 42 (KINGS) 43 (LIVERPOOL) 45 (LOUISBURG) 46 (LUNENBURG MUNICIPALITY) 47 (LUNENBURG TOWN) 49 (MIDDLETON) 51 (NEW GLASGOW) 52 (NEW WATERFORD) 53 (NORTH SYDNEY) 54 (OXFORD) 55 (PARRSBORO) 56 (PICTOU MUNICIPALITY)







57 (PICTOU TOWN) 58 (PORT HAWKESBURY) 59 (QUEENS) 60 (RICHMOND) 61 (SHELBURNE MUNICIPALITY) 64 (STELLARTON) 65 (STEWIACKE) 67 (SYDNEY CITY) 68 (SYDNEY MINES) 70 (TRURO) 71 (VICTORIA) 72 (WESTVILLE) 73 (WINDSOR) 74 (WOLFVILLE) 75 (YARMOUTH MUNICIPALITY) 76 (YARMOUTH TOWN) 99 (NOVA SCOTIA UNKNOWN) 100 (NEWFOUNDLAND) 101 (PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND) 102 (NEW BRUNSWICK) 103 (QUEBEC) 104 (ONTARIO) 105 (MANITOBA) 106 (SASKATCHEWAN) 107 (ALBERTA) 108 (BRITISH COLUMBIA) 110 (YUKON TERRITORY) 111 (CANADA UNKNOWN) 120 (USA) 130 (MEXICO) 140 (ARGENTINA) 141 (BOLIVIA) 142 (BRAZIL) 143 (CHILE) 144 (COLUMBIA) 145 (CUBA) 146 (ECUADOR) 148 (PERU) 150 (VENEZUELA) 160 (OTHER AMERICA) 170 (ENGLAND) 171 (SCOTLAND) 172 (NORTHERN IRELAND) 173 (UNITED KINGDOM - OR OTHER NOT SPECIFIED) 175 (IRELAND) 200 (AUSTRIA) 201 (BELGIUM) 202 (BULGARIA) 203 (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) 204 (DENMARK)







205 (FINLAND) 206 (FRANCE) 207 (GERMANY) 208 (GREECE) 209 (HUNGARY) 211 (ITALY) 212 (LATVIA) 213 (MALTA) 214 (NETHERLANDS) 215 (NORWAY) 216 (POLAND) 217 (PORTUGAL) 218 (ROMANIA) 218 (RUMANIA) 219 (SPAIN) 220 (SWEDEN) 221 (SWITZERLAND) 222 (YUGOSLAVIA) 240 (EUROPE - OTHER) 251 (BURMA) 252 (SRI LANKA) 253 (CHINA) 254 (INDIA) 255 (INDONESIA) 256 (IRAN) 257 (IRAQ) 258 (ISRAEL) 259 (JAPAN) 260 (KOREA) 261 (LEBANON) 262 (MALAYSIA) 263 (PAKISTAN / BANGLADESH) 264 (PHILLIPINES) 265 (SYRIA) 266 (THAILAND) 267 (TURKEY) 268 (VIETNAM) 269 (ASIA - OTHER) 300 (ALGERIA) 301 (EGYPT) 302 (GHANA) 303 (KENYA) 304 (NIGERIA) 305 (SOUTH AFRICA) 305 (UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA) 306 (EAST AFRICA) 307 (AFRICA - OTHER) 308 (SAUDI ARABIA) 400 (AUSTRALIA) 401 (NEW ZEALAND)







402 (U.S.S.R.) 403 (WEST INDIES) 499 (OTHER OR UNKNOWN) 500 (INVERNESS) 501 (BADDECK) 502 (SPRINGHILL) 503 (HONG KONG) 504 (MIDDLE MUSQUODOBOIT) 505 (JAMAICA) 506 (SYDNEY) 507 (EGYPT) 508 (ABERDEEN) 509 (WASHINGTON DC) 510 (MONTREAL) 511 (MAURITIUS) 512 (CROATIA) 513 (UNKNOWN) 514 (ARICHAT) 515 (NOVA SCOTIA) 517 (MONCTON) 518 (KARACHI) 519 (KIRKUK) 520 (ILLINOIS) 521 (NELLORE INDIA) 522 (WINNIPEG) 523 (TRINIDAD / TOBAGO) 524 (JORDAN) 525 (TAIWAN) 526 (ALBANIA) 527 (LIBYA) 528 (BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA) 529 (TURKEY) 530 (UKRAINE) 531 (KUWAIT) 532 (DOMINICA) 534 (YEMEN) 535 (ESTONIA) 536 (GUYANA) 537 (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) 538 (SLOVAKIA) 539 (RUSSIA)

Additional Information

Dates Available Fiscal 1998 - 2014

History







Provider City

Variable Name dcity

Label Provider City

Definition Provider's city of practice

Data Type CHAR


Field Values

Additional Information This field is free text; because of this it may contain typos and inconsistencies acquired during the data entry process.


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Provider County

Variable Name dcounty

Label Provider County

Definition County or city of the provider’s correspondence address

Data Type CHAR


Field Values (Label) 00 (Unknown) 01 (Annapolis) 02 (Antigonish) 03 (Cape Breton) 04 (Colchester) 05 (Cumberland) 06 (Digby) 07 (Guysborough) 08 (Halifax County) 09 (Hants) 10 (Inverness) 11 (Kings) 12 (Lunenberg) 13 (Pictou) 14 (Queens) 15 (Richmond) 16 (Shelburne) 17 (Victoria) 18 (Yarmouth) 19 (City of Halifax) 20 (City of Dartmouth) 21 (Sydney) 33 (Sackville, N.B.) 99 (Out-of-Province) Null Values: “ ”

Additional Information Provider county (dcounty) is based on the postal code of the provider’s correspondence address.


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Date of Birth

Variable Name dob

Label Date of Birth

Definition Individual’s date of birth

Data Type NUM


Field Values

Additional Information Providers with a DOB of 01/01/2000 are post graduate doctors who are currently in residence. They are not currently registered and their birth dates are marked with this date. Due to confidentiality reasons date of birth will not be released in full to external researchers because of the potential to identify individuals. Month and Year of birth may be released if required for a research project and approved by the HDNS Data Access Committee. Alternatively, a variable for age at a given index date may be derived by HDNS and released. Date of birth (dob) is stored in the SAS date format, which is a value that represents the number of days between January 1, 1960, and a specified date. Dates before January 1, 1960, are negative numbers; dates after are positive numbers.


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Provider ID

Variable Name doctor

Label New Provider ID (6 Digit)

Definition Encrypted provider identification number

Data Type CHAR


Field Values Null Values: “ ”

Additional Information Provider IDs are not available for release due to confidentiality reasons. They are used internally by HDNS for data linkage. In some cases a valid provider ID is not available. As a result the field will either be left blank or filled with a “dummy” ID. Observations containing a dummy ID, or a null value may not need to be excluded if a project’s scope does not need to identify individual providers. Unique IDs can be generated by HDNS for research projects which can be used to link between datasets or count observations of individuals.


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Provider Province

Variable Name dprov

Label Provider Province

Definition The provider’s given province or country of correspondence

Data Type CHAR


Field Values (Label) AB (Alberta) BC (British Columbia) MB (Manitoba) NB (New Brunswick) NF (Newfoundland) NS (Nova Scotia) OC (Out of Country) ON (Ontario) PE (Prince Edward Island) PQ (Quebec) QC (Quebec) QE (Quebec) SK (Saskatchewan) US (United States) YT (Yukon and the Territories)

Additional Information Provider province (dprov) is based on the provider's correspondence address. The correspondence address is not always updated when a provider leaves the province, it's only updated if MSI is contacted and the out of province address is supplied. There are some non-NS correspondence addresses on file for providers that can currently practice in NS (e.g. Locums).


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Provider Type

Variable Name dtype

Label Provider Type

Definition Category of provider that attended the individual

Data Type CHAR


Field Values (Label) DE (Dentist) MW (Midwife) NP (Nurse Practitioner) OP (Optometrist) PH (Physician) PM (Dummy Pharmacist ID) PP (Out-Of-Prov) PR (Prosthetics) PX (Pharmacy) RX (Pharmacy) Null Values: None



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Old Provider

Number

Variable Name olddoc

Label Old Provider Number

Definition Billing license number assigned to a physician.

Data Type CHAR


Field Values

Additional Information The Old Provider Number variable is a unique license, but not a unique number. When a physician joined the registry (OPTIN) he/she was assigned a number. If that physician exited the registry (OPTOUT) then another physician could be assigned the same doctor number (OPTIN). In other words, the old doctor number is 'recycled', and this leads to some duplication. For the above reasons Old Provider Number (olddoc) is not available for release.


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Medical Board

License Number

Variable Name pmb

Label Prov Medical Board Number

Definition Encrypted provider’s provincial medical board license number.

Data Type CHAR



Additional Information The license numbers (pmb) are unique identifiers within each

provider type and are the numbers assigned by each provider's

Provincial Licensing Board (e.g. For provider types of ‘NS

physician’ the licensing board would be the NS College of

Physicians and Surgeons).

Example: A physician and a pharmacist may have the same

license number (pmb), but two physicians will not have the same

license number.

For a unique ID between all doctor types refer to the provider ID

(doctor) variable.

Dates Available Fiscal 1998 – 2014

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Prescriber Indicator

Variable Name rxflag

Label Prescriber Indicator

Definition Indicates if the provider is allowed to write prescriptions

Data Type CHAR


Field Values (Label) Y (Yes) N (No)



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Sex

Variable Name sex

Label Provider Gender

Definition Provider's sex

Data Type CHAR


Field Values (Label) F (Female) M (Male)



History In the 1995 dataset the field values are:

1 Male 2 Female







Provider

Specialties

Variable Name spec_str

Label List of Specialties Received

Definition List of specialties associated with the provider

Data Type CHAR


Field Values (Label) ANAE (Anaesthetist) ANPA (Anatomical Pathology) CARD (Cardiology) CASG (Cardiovasc/Thoracic Surgery) COMD (Community Medicine) DENT (Dental General Practitioner) DERM (Dermatology) DIRD (Diagnostic Radiology) EMMD (Emergency Medicine) ENDO (Endodontics) ENME (Endocrinology and Metabolism) GAST (Gastroenterology) GEMD (Geriatric Medicine) GENP (General Practitioner) GNSG (General Surgery) HAGY (Haematology) HAPA (Haematology Pathology) HUGE (Human Genetics) INDI (Infectious Diseases) INMD (Internal Medicine) MDON (Medical Oncology) MEBI (Medical Biochemistry) MEGE (Medical Genetics) MEMI (Medical Microbiology) NCMD (Nuclear Medicine) NEPA (Neuropathology) NEPE (Neurology Paediatric) NEPH (Nephrology) NEUR (Neurology) NMSI (Non-MSI) NUSG (Neurosurgery) OBGY (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) ODON (Orthdontics) OPHT (Opthalmology) OPTO (Optometry) ORPA (Oral Pathologist) ORAL (Oral Surgery) ORTH (Orthopaedic Surgery)







OTOL (Otolaryngology) PATH (General Pathology) PEDI (Pediatrics) PEDO (Pedodontics) PERI (Periodontics) PHMD (Physical Medicine & Rehab) PLAS (Plastic Surgery) PROS (Prosthodontics) PSYC (Psychiatry) RADI (Diagnostic & Ther Radiology) RDON (Radiation Oncology) RSMD (Respiratory Medicine) THSG (Thoracic Surgery) UROL (Urology) VASG (Vascular Surgery)

Additional Information A provider may have accreditation for multiple specialties. All specialties received are listed in this variable as a space delimited string of four digit specialty values e.g. “OPTO GENP DERM” is a provider accredited with the optometrist, general practitioner, and Dermatology specializations. The Non MSI format is usually assigned to interns who are not getting paid in the MSI system but may be required to submit claims for patients as part of their internship


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Variables in the EDUC Dataset

Provider ID


Label New Provider ID (6 Digit)


Data Type CHAR





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Specialty

Received

Variable Name dspecial

Label Specialty Received

Definition Specialties accredited in medical school

Data Type CHAR


Field Values (Label) ANAE (Anaesthetist) ANPA (Anatomical Pathology) CARD (Cardiology) CASG (Cardiovasc/Thoracic Surgery) COMD (Community Medicine) DENT (Dental General Practitioner) DERM (Dermatology) DIRD (Diagnostic Radiology) EMMD (Emergency Medicine) ENDO (Endodontics) ENME (Endocrinology and Metabolism) GAST (Gastroenterology) GEMD (Geriatric Medicine) GENP (General Practitioner) GNSG (General Surgery) HAGY (Haematology) HAPA (Haematology Pathology) HUGE (Human Genetics) INDI (Infectious Diseases) INMD (Internal Medicine) MDON (Medical Oncology) MEBI (Medical Biochemistry) MEGE (Medical Genetics) MEMI (Medical Microbiology) NCMD (Nuclear Medicine) NEPA (Neuropathology) NEPE (Neurology Paediatric) NEPH (Nephrology) NEUR (Neurology) NMSI (Non-MSI) NUSG (Neurosurgery) OBGY (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) ODON (Orthdontics) OPHT (Opthalmology) OPTO (Optometry) ORAL (Oral Surgery) ORPA (Oral Pathologist) ORTH (Orthopaedic Surgery)







OTOL (Otolaryngology) PATH (General Pathology) PEDI (Pediatrics) PEDO (Pedodontics) PERI (Periodontics) PHMD (Physical Medicine & Rehab) PLAS (Plastic Surgery) PROS (Prosthodontics) PSYC (Psychiatry) RADI (Diagnostic & Ther Radiology) RDON (Radiation Oncology) RHEU (Rheumatology) RSMD (Respiratory Medicine) THSG (Thoracic Surgery) UROL (Urology) VASG (Vascular Surgery)

Additional Information Physicians who graduate from more than one program will have multiple observations of specialty received (dspecial). The Non MSI format is usually assigned to interns who are not getting paid in the MSI system but may be required to submit claims for patients as part of their internship


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Graduation Year

Variable Name gradyear

Label Year of Graduation

Definition Year the provider graduated from Med School

Data Type NUM


Field Values

Additional Information Physicians who graduate from more than one program will have multiple observations of graduation year (gradyear).


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School Location

Variable Name location

Label Med School Location

Definition The location of the medical school the provider attended

Data Type NUM


Field Values (Label) 34 (HALIFAX CITY) 100 (NEWFOUNDLAND) 103 (QUEBEC) 104 (ONTARIO) 105 (MANITOBA) 106 (SASKATCHEWAN) 107 (ALBERTA) 108 (BRITISH COLUMBIA) 120 (USA) 130 (MEXICO) 140 (ARGENTINA) 142 (BRAZIL) 144 (COLUMBIA) 145 (CUBA) 146 (ECUADOR) 148 (PERU) 160 (OTHER AMERICA) 170 (ENGLAND) 171 (SCOTLAND) 172 (NORTHERN IRELAND) 173 (UNITED KINGDOM - OR OTHER NOT SPECIFIED) 175 (IRELAND) 200 (AUSTRIA) 201 (BELGIUM) 202 (BULGARIA) 203 (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) 206 (FRANCE) 207 (GERMANY) 208 (GREECE) 209 (HUNGARY) 211 (ITALY) 212 (LATVIA) 213 (MALTA) 214 (NETHERLANDS) 216 (POLAND) 218 (RUMANIA) 219 (SPAIN) 220 (SWEDEN)







221 (SWITZERLAND) 222 (YUGOSLAVIA) 250 (AFGHANISTAN) 251 (BURMA) 252 (SRI LANKA) 253 (CHINA) 254 (INDIA) 256 (IRAN) 257 (IRAQ) 258 (ISRAEL) 260 (KOREA) 261 (LEBANON) 263 (PAKISTAN / BANGLADESH) 264 (PHILLIPINES) 265 (SYRIA) 267 (TURKEY) 269 (ASIA - OTHER) 301 (EGYPT (U.A.R.)) 302 (GHANA) 304 (NIGERIA) 305 (UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA) 307 (AFRICA - OTHER) 308 (SAUDI ARABIA) 400 (AUSTRALIA) 401 (NEW ZEALAND) 402 (U.S.S.R.) 403 (WEST INDIES) 499 (OTHER OR UNKNOWN) 507 (EGYPT) 513 (UNKNOWN)

Additional Information Physicians who graduate from more than one program will have multiple observations of school location (location).


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Medical School

Variable Name school

Label Med School Name

Definition Name of medical school the provider attended

Data Type NUM


Field Values (Label) 1 (MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY) 2 (DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY) 3 (UNIVERSITE LAVAL) 4 (UNIVERSITE DE SHERBROOKE) 5 (UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL) 6 (MCGILL UNIVERSITY) 7 (UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA) 8 (QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY) 9 (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO) 10 (MCMASTER UNIVERSITY) 11 (UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO) 12 (UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA) 13 (UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN) 14 (UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA) 15 (UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY) 16 (UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA) 17 (ONTARIO UNIVERSITY) 19 (U.S.A) 20 (MEXICO) 27 (COLUMBIA) 31 (PERU) 33 (OTHER AMERICA) 34 (LONDON UNIVERSITY) 35 (EDINBURGH) 36 (NORTHERN IRELAND) 37 (UNITED KINGDOM) 38 (IRELAND (REPUBLIC)) 39 (POLAND) 40 (FRANCE) 42 (DIPLOMA GENERAL MEDICINE) 43 (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) 44 (GERMANY, FED. REP. OF) 45 (U.S.S.R) 47 (BELGIUM) 48 (HUNGARY) 50 (INNSBRUCK) 51 (BULGARIA) 56 (ROYAL UNIV) 57 (FREE UNIVERSITY- AMSTERDAM)







60 (SWEDEN) 61 (SWITZERLAND) 62 (YUGOSLAVIA) 64 (INDIA) 66 (LEBANON) 67 (SANTO THOMAS) 68 (PAKISTAN/BANGLADESH) 69 (SYRIA) 76 (BURMA) 77 (SRI LANKA) 78 (CHINA) 80 (IRAQ) 81 (KOREA) 84 (UNIVERSITY OF ISTANBUL) 85 (ASIA - OTHER) 86 (AUSTRALIA) 87 (NEW ZEALAND) 89 (EGYPT) 90 (SOUTH AFRICIA, REP. OF) 92 (NIGERIA) 97 (AFRICA - OTHER) 98 (QUEBEC UNIVERSITY) 100 (UNKNOWN) 102 (WEST INDIES) 150 (BRISTOL) 151 (CAMBRIDGE) 152 (OXFORD) 153 (BIRMINGHAM) 154 (ABERDEEN) 155 (GLASGOW) 156 (ST. ANDREW'S) 158 (BOMBAY) 159 (VIKRAM) 160 (RAJASTHAN) 164 (PUNJAB) 165 (MADRAS) 167 (OSMANIA MED COLLEGE) 169 (KERALA) 170 (MYSORE) 176 (NATIONAL UNIV IRELAND) 177 (DUBLIN) 185 (CEYLON) 189 (WARSAW) 195 (OTAGO) 196 (QUEENS / IRELAND) 198 (UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO) 199 (DURHAM) 201 (NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) 206 (FREE UNIV W BERLIN) 208 (NATIONAL TAIWAN)







217 (CHICAGO) 222 (TRIVANDRAUM) 223 (BANGALORE) 225 (CALCUTTA) 229 (ALEXANDRIA) 230 (ATHENS) 231 (LIVERPOOL) 232 (IOWA) 233 (COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY) 234 (CAIRO) 235 (ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYS & SURGS OF CANADA) 236 (LEEDS) 238 (MANCHESTER) 242 (SOUTHAMPTON) 243 (LEICEITER) 246 (UNIV OF DUNDEE) 248 (TRINITY COLLEGE) 249 (ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURG-IRELAND) 250 (FAR EASTERN) 251 (MANILA CENTRAL) 252 (SOUTHWESTERN UNIV) 255 (KARACHI) 257 (KING EDWARD MEDICAL COLLEGE) 260 (POONA) 271 (GAJRA RAJA) 277 (UNIV OF COLOMBO) 280 (ROYAL COLLEGE OF CANADA) 282 (MEDICAL DOCTOR) 286 (CHARLES UNIV) 290 (UNIV OF ADELAIDE) 299 (TUFTS MED SCHOOL) 305 (BROWN) 306 (COLORADO) 313 (ROCHESTER) 314 (NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE) 326 (MED ACADEMY - LUBLIN) 328 (SILESIAN ACADEMY) 338 (GARYOUNIS) 341 (UNIV COLLEGE CORK) 344 (UNIV OF WITWATERSRAN) 345 (STELLENBOSCH) 347 (UNIV OF AMSTERDAN) 348 (AIN SHAMS) 361 (UNIV OF WALES) 362 (ST GEORGES UNIV) 363 (UNKNOWN UNIV) 364 (RUPRECHT KARL UNIV) 365 (WAYNE STATE UNIV) 366 (AUTONOMOUS NICARAGUAN NATIONAL UNIV) 367 (UNIV OF KASHMIR)







368 (SOUTH GUJARAT UNIV) 369 (FERRIS STATE UNIV COLLEGE OF OPTOM) 370 (COMENIUS UNIV)

Additional Information Providers who graduate from more than one program will have multiple observations of medical school (school).


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Variables in the OPTIN Dataset

Provider ID


Label Provider ID


Data Type CHAR





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Provider Type

Variable Name doctype

Label Provider Type

Definition The category of the observed provider

Data Type CHAR


Field Values (Label) DE (Dentist) MW (Midwife) NP (Nurse Practitioner) OP (Optometrist) PH (Physician) PP (Out-Of-Prov) PR (Prosthetics) Null Values: None



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Opt-In Date

Variable Name optin

Label

Definition The start date the provider is licensed to practice in Nova Scotia for this record of eligibility.

Data Type NUM


Field Values

Additional Information Opt-in date (optin) is stored in the SAS date format, which is a value that represents the number of days between January 1, 1960, and a specified date. Dates before January 1, 1960, are negative numbers; dates after are positive numbers.


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Opt-Out Date

Variable Name optout

Label

Definition The date the provider's license to practice in Nova Scotia expires for this record of eligibility.

Data Type NUM


Field Values

Additional Information Dates in the year 3000+ do not have a set expiration date as of the most current year of data. Opt-out date (optout) is stored in the SAS date format, which is a value that represents the number of days between January 1, 1960, and a specified date. Dates before January 1, 1960, are negative numbers; dates after are positive numbers.


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Program Code

Variable Name program

Label

Definition Insured program the provider is licenced to practice under

Data Type CHAR


Field Values (Label) HD (Home Dialysis) MC (Medicare) Null Values: None



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Discontinued Variables

Community Size

Variable Name CSIZE

Label Physician community size

Definition Population of community in which the physician practices.

Data Type CHAR

Data Element Length

Field Values


Dates Available Fiscal 1995

History Discontinued from the DOCS dataset

Unique ID

Variable Name uniqueid

Label Unique Physician ID

Definition 24 character encrypted provider ID

Data Type CHAR


Field Values



History Discontinued from the DOCS dataset







Provider ID

Variable Name doctor1

Label Physician Main Number

Definition 24 character encrypted provider ID

Data Type CHAR


Field Values



History Discontinued from the DOCS dataset Replaced by doctor in 1998

Medical Board

Number

Variable Name doctor2

Label Prov Medical Board Num

Definition 24 character encrypted billing license number.

Data Type CHAR


Field Values



History Discontinued from the DOCS dataset Replaced by pmb in 1998







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